That Retail Property Guy
Welcome to That Retail Property Guy, the podcast where retail property expert Gary Marshall champions retail tenants and empowers professionals across the industry. With a career spanning decades, a dozen retailers, and millions in recovered losses for leading UK retailers, Gary shares his unparalleled knowledge to help retail tenants protect their rights, navigate leases, and maximise opportunities often overlooked by landlords, estates and accounts teams.
This podcast is your go-to resource for unlocking the mysteries of retail property. Whether you're an experienced professional, a mid-sized chain, or someone just starting in the industry, Gary’s insights will help you build confidence, avoid pitfalls, and thrive in this complex field.
Through practical advice, real-world examples, and interviews with industry leaders, That Retail Property Guy is dedicated to fostering development and knowledge-sharing for the next generation of retail property experts.
Listen weekly and discover how small insights can lead to big wins for retail tenants everywhere. Start your journey to retail property mastery today!
That Retail Property Guy
Bailiffs, Billboards, Breaking and Entering: Five Cautionary Tales of Landlord Encounters
Navigating Tenant and Landlord Dynamics: Essential Insights and Cautionary Tales
In this episode, we delve into common interactions between tenants and landlords focusing on legal premises, mutual cooperation and practical challenges. Highlights include the importance of understanding lease terms, managing unexpected landlord visits, and the potential complications of neighbour relationships. Five cautionary tales underscore the significance of clear communication and professional guidance: a landlord making unannounced visits, an air conditioning dispute, a disruptive 'for sale' sign, a neighbour growing exotic plants, and a bailiff mishap. This episode offers vital lessons for maintaining healthy tenant-landlord relationships, and underscores tenants’ legal and moral rights through their leases and legislation such as CRAR.
00:00 Introduction to Tenant-Landlord Interactions
01:08 Understanding Commercial Leases
02:07 Personal Relationships vs. Lease Terms
02:57 Consequences of Unannounced Visits
03:44 Neighbourly Disputes and Solutions
07:42 Unexpected Visits and Legal Rights
14:27 When the Bailiffs Arrive
18:27 Avoiding Bailiff Visits
21:50 Conclusion: Maintaining Good Tenant-Landlord Relationships
Learn more in these episodes:
CRAR: Commercial Rent Arrears Recovery
The Landlords and Tenants Act 1954
RTFL – Read the Lease
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